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Italian Unit 1
Intermediate Italian II
Term | Definition |
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l'oroscopo | horoscope |
toccare ferro | knock on wood |
la sfiga | bad luck |
il malocchio | evil eye |
la coccinella | lady bug |
il corno | lucky charm |
fare le corna | gesture to ward off evil |
il quadrifoglio | four leaf clover |
il numero sfortunato | unlucky number |
venerdì 17 | Friday the 17th |
il fantasma | ghost |
stregato/a | haunted |
la superstizione | superstition |
superstizioso/a | superstitious |
la scaramanzia | superstition for luck |
lo scongiuro | exorcism |
svegliarsi | to wake up |
alzarsi | to get up |
arrabbiarsi | to get angry |
radersi | to shave |
baciarsi | to kiss |
pettinarsi | to comb your hair |
porre | to pose |
trarre | to pull/draw out of |
tradurre | to translate |
cogliere | to gather |
scegliere | to choose |
togliere | to take away |
accogliere | to welcome |
mancare | to miss something (reverse verb form) |
bastare | to be enough |
dare fastidio | to annoy |
dispiacere | to be sorry |
non importare | to not matter |
interessare | to interest |
occorrere | to need |
sembrare | to seem |
servire | to be useful |
stare a cuore | to matter |